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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <memory>
+
+// This file hosts network related common functionality
+// and helper/utility functions and classes.
+// HTTP-specific helpers are in HttpHeler.hpp.
+
+class StreamSocket;
+class ProtocolHandlerInterface;
+
+namespace net
+{
+/// Connect to an end-point at the given host and port and return StreamSocket.
+std::shared_ptr<StreamSocket>
+connect(const std::string& host, const std::string& port, const bool isSSL,
+        const std::shared_ptr<ProtocolHandlerInterface>& protocolHandler);
+} // namespace net
+\ No newline at end of file